Foundation for card-clothing.



EVLIIIJAIFI,ASHWORTH,.QFMANCHESTER, Em t-tn? FQUNWION CAFD LOTH NG;

sincimcnrron forming part of Letters meet 310329326, dated July 25,1899. 7'

- Application filed January ll, 1899.; Serial No. 701,829. (Ila speeimensJ I v To all whom it may concern;

: Be itknown-that I, ELI AHAsHWo rH; ma-l chine-maker, a subject of the Queen of Great River, Massachusetts, have invented certain,

Britain and Ireland; residing at the Moss Brook Works, Collyhurst, Manchester, in the county of Lan caster, England, and also of Fall new'an'd useful Im provements in or Connected with the FoundationsofOard Olothing, for which I have made applicationfor Letters Pat ent in Great Britain, No. 15,023, dated July 8, 1898,) of which the followingis a specification.

My said invention relates to card-founda' tion, and has forits object so to'treat the foundation as to render it imperviousto moisture and atmospheric influences, which at I present have a deteriorating effect upon the solid and leather-like in texture.

card-clothing.

In carrying my invention into efiect I treat the foundation before the same is set with card-teeth with wax, which renders the foundation repellant to moisture and tends to preserve it, while at the same time rendering it I have found in practice that the most economical 1 wax for the purpose is paraffin-wax applied to the foundation ina melted state. In addition to rendering the foundation repellant to moisture the effect of the treatment with paraffin-wax is to give additional solidity to the foundation, enabling the wire dents to be set with greater regularity.

My invention is particularly applicable to the foundation made in accordance with speci V fication of my United: States Patent No. 578,592. Y r 1 i I prefer toflapply the paraflinewax in a 'melt-ed state, the wax being contained' in any suitable tank or trough, towhich heat is app plied; The foundation'isrun throughthe bath of melted paraffin-wax in a spiral fash- ,ionor at a suitably slow speed to providefor the requisite length of immersion, and excess ofwax isexpressed by a pair of squeezingbowls, the excess being returned to the tank. Thus the foundation is thoroughly saturated and all the interstices of the fabric are filled up with the paraffin-wax. apply the paraffin-wax to the'foundation in a solid state, the paraffin-wax being well rubbed into the foundation.

After treatment with the paraffin-wax the I I may, however, 7

and impregnated with paraffin-wax substan-' tially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ELIJ AH ASHWORTH. 

